Carriage-top support



PATENTED SEPT. 20, 1904.

J. M. PBYTON.

CARRIAGE TOP SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

W Inventor Attomes Witnesses Patented September 20, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES M. PEYTON, OF PADUOAH, KENTUCKY.

CARRIAGE-TOP SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,697, dated September 20, 1904.

Application filed July 19, 1904. Serial No. 217.242. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known thatI, JAMES M. PEYTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paducah, in the county of McCracken and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Carriage-Top Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments to vehicles for supporting the folding tops when lowered, and has for its object to improve the construction and provide an inexpensive and eflicient device of this character which will prevent breakage or deflection of the bows under the severe strains to which they are subjected when in their lowered position.

With these and other objects in view,which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed. Q

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of a buggy top and seat with the improved attachment in position thereon. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The improved device comprises an arm 10, having a longitudinal channel 11 in its upper surface and a transverse intermediate sleeve 12, the latter having a rectangular aperture 13 for engaging the ordinary stop prop-stud 13 of the vehicle, which usually extends from the seat portion 14:.

At one end of the arm a depending sleeve 15 is disposed, in which a stud 16 is yieldably supported by a spring 17 and provided at one end with a stop 18 and at the other end with a yoke 19, the stud being thus disposed in alimement with the channel 11.

The arm 10 and the two' sleeves 12 and 15 are preferably integral and will be of malleable iron or steel.

The channel 11 and yoked stud 16 19 will be disposed in the path of the bows 20 of the folding top, so that as the latter are lowered they will rest above the channel and bear upon the yoked stud, the latter yielding under the pressure and preventing breakage or deflection of the bows. The channel 11 and yoke 19 will be felt or leather lined to prevent the marring of the bows. When vehicle-tops are being lowered, it frequently happens that they are permitted to fall with more or less force upon the top props and frequently breaking or bending the bows. Then,again,when running over rough or uneven roads or obstructions the vehicle-tops are severely jolted. and jarred, which also frequently bends or breaks them. With the improved attachment herein described all danger from damage from these causes is obviated, as the yielding stud re-- ceives and absorbs the jars and concussions and prevents transmission to the bows, and thus effectually protects them.

The device is simple and inexpensive in construction and may be readily applied to all styles and forms of vehicles having folding tops.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. An attachment for vehicles comprising an arm having means for rigid connection to a vehicle in the path of the bows of the folding top and having a longitudinal channel for receiving the same, and a member yieldably supported in said arm and in alinement with said channel for bearing against said bows when lowered.

2. An attachment for vehicles comprising an arm having a longitudinal channel and with a transverse socket having a rectangular aperture for engaging the top prop-stud of the vehicle to bring said channel in the path of the bows of the folding top, and a member yieldably supported. insaid arm in alinement with said channel for hearing against said bows when lowered. 1

3. An attachment for vehicles comprising an arm having means for rigid connection to a vehicle in the path of the bows of the folding top and having a longitudinal channel for receiving the same, a sleeve depending from said arm, and a stud-spring supported in said sleeve and terminating ina yoke for bearing 1 beneath said bows when depressed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. PEYTON.

Witnesses:

CHAS. K. WHEELER, D. H. HUGHES. 

